Vulnerable North Ayrshire residents have been left in the lurch after a care at home service was served with a winding up order after amassing more than half-a-million pounds of debt.
Around 43 Assist Homecare (Scotland) Ltd service users were told care giving had ended on Friday and 40 staff were handed the devastating news that their contracts had been terminated.
It's understood HMRC served the Stevenston firm with the winding up notice as a result of non-payment of PAYE (staff tax and National Insurance contributions) over the last three years, accumulating a debt of over £500,000.
